Why Audrey Gelman’s pastoral fantasy doesn’t make sense for Jews
The Wing founder's new "country store" is inspired by a fictional English village — with its own rabbi
The Wing founder's new "country store" is inspired by a fictional English village — with its own rabbi
In 2010, Leandra Medine Cohen founded the fashion blog Man Repeller from her parents’ house on the Upper East Side. Now, 10 years later, the publication, which in September changed its name to Repeller, has announced that it will close. “The company has been self-funded by its operations since its launch ten years ago as…
Step aside, Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, and Zac Posen — there’s a new batch of crème de la crème judges in town, handpicked by Bravo TV to helm The Project Runway series. It was announced early last month that Klum and Gunn were leaving the iconic Hunger Games-esque fashion competition (where contestants fight till the…
Yoni Chesner was no fashion expert growing up. He was a yeshiva student; his first job was making $6 an hour in a bagel shop in his hometown of Baltimore. “I went to the clearance section at Ross,” he says now, chuckling. But one visit to the Saks Fifth Avenue Company store in Aberdeen, Maryland,…
Silver clogs. Fisherman sweaters. High-waisted jeans. These are just a few of the sartorial choices I’ve made in recent years that in no way flatter or turn heads, but that I adore. So I was thrilled to come across “Man Repeller,” Leandra Medine’s personal-style blog. Medine, 24, began the site in 2010 while in college…
The day my 17-year-old daughter got her nose pierced, I spent the morning reading up on body piercing with regard to Jewish law. My daughter was about to get a small hole on the left side of her sweet nose and I wanted to understand if she was adorning her face or mutilating it. The…
While my son’s religious yeshiva recently invited mothers to an evening of mother-son learning, my daughters’ mixed-gender school decided to hold an event for women that revolves around “styling.” The flier reads: “Dear community chaverot (meaning either female members or female friends), you are invited to a unique evening on the subject of ‘Style Together’…
Worried about what to wear on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? Don’t stress it! Forward reporter Rebecca Spence tracked down superstar fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, who has his own strong views – on both fashion and tradition – and shared them with us via e-mail. Known for both his high-end couture and a newer collection…
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